Ancient imac root — a short introduction to this piece.
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I’ve discovered, as an Apple cult member since the 1980s, that their devices tend to last. But after a number of years Apple effectively makes them obsolete by no longer allowing you to update the system and then they end up in the landfill.
A few years ago I tackled the arduous process of installing a solid state drive in a 2010 iMac, thus giving it a new lease on life. Unfortunately, it could only run a very old operating system making many of the applications I use unavailable. Just last week I discovered OpenCore Legacy Patcher, a free means of loading more recent operating systems on old Macs and other hardware devices. There’s a helpful YouTube tutorial if you want to give this a try:
Installing OpenCore was far easier to do than replacing the drive. Just make sure you’ve backed up everything and are prepared to wipe the drive. The old iMac now runs 2023’s Sonoma Operating system and it’s a bit slow but perfectly usable for most applications. I don’t think I’d use it for more intensive stuff like video editing.
I’m attempting to get to know how these machines work as part of an ongoing project to use computers rather than letting them use us. More to come . . .
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